Burkina Faso is about 9 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 11.69% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (86.5 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
This to-scale comparison of Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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